Tracks East

Masha Borzunova meets a Russian deserter who tells how he went from being a war hero to an ostracised traitor of his country.

Moldova is torn in two - part of the population wants rapprochement with the European Union, part looks back nostalgically to the Soviet era.

Journalist Vladimir Vasak returns to Russia to find out what life is like inside a country at war. 

Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children are thought to have been abducted and taken to Russia.

While Russian troops are at the gates of Kyiv, this documentary films events in a paediatric hospital in Lviv. A powerful portrait of a doctor’s daily life in wartime.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is not. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

A new wave of erotic magazines is breaking the traditional heterosexist mould and encouraging a new engagement with desire, body image and sexuality.

Coupé-Décalé got the world dancing in the early 2000s. Today, its little brother, biama, is going through the roof.

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

Nick Cave brings the full force of his live performance, filled with mystical fervour and passionate celebration, to Paris.

British band bring Me The Horizon bring their power metalcore to the main stage at Hellfest.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

In the 17th century, many Dutch women painters excelled at depicting the natural world in their art.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface...